Window shade, curtain, and drapery hanger.



T. M. RAWLS & R. A. MILLER. WINDOW SHADE GURTAIN AND DRAPERY HANGER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1914.

1,130,929, Patented M21119, 1915.

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Attorneys nun'rfi-I 11-140.. WASHINGTON, D. c

THEOPHILUS M. RAWLS FFICE.

AND Rosana A. MILLER, OFVIDUBLIN, TEXAS.

WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,358.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,,,THEOPHILUs M. RAWLS and ROBERT A. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of Erath, State of Texas, have invented a new and useful l/Vindow Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a hanger or fixture for supporting a window shade, curtain and drapery, and aims to p vide a novel and improved device of that character.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a hanger or fixture of the nature indicated, embodying a unique assemblage or component parts, and improved generally in its construction, to enhance the utility of the device, and to render the device adjustable to accommodate various windows and window shades.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and'in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a front view of the device, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a secti onal detail taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided an extensible or adjust able flat member 1 comprising a pair of bars or strips 2 and 3 of suitable length and thickness, and overlapped, the edges of the rearmost bar or strip 2 being equipped with reflexed or bent back lips 4 forming a slideway or guide which receives the bar 3, to slidably'connect the two strips.

To the ends of the extensible member 1, is attached a pair of end pieces or brackets 5, preferably stamped from sheet metal of suitable gage, and of suitable contour. In order to attach. the ends of the extensible member 1 and rear or basal ends of the end pieces 5 together, the remote ends of the bars or sections 2 and 3 of the member 1 are re- I The screws or strip 7 flexed or bent back rearwardly, as at 6, and the end pieces 5 rest against the bends formed by the bent back ends 6 and have their rear or basal ends bent inwardly or angu-s 7, so as to extend. around and within and to interlock with the larly .and refiexed, as at refiexed ends 6 of the bars 2 and-8. The interfittingreflexed portions 6 and 7 are locked tightly together by punched or struck portlons 8, which prevent the member land end pieces 5 from shifting or sliding vertically so as to become detached.

s a means for applying the extensible member 1 to the lintel or upper end of ,a window casing or frame, there is employed a pair of screws or nails 9 adapted to be driven or engagedinto the lintel adjacent the lower edge of the member 1 and having angular upturned shanks 10 adapted to receive the bars 2 and 3 therebehind, to hold the said bars snugly against the face of the lintel. The bars 2 and 3 are adapted to seat upon the screws or nails 9 behind the upturned shanks 10 and the upper ends of the shanks 10 are preferably provided with heads 11 to engage over the upper edges of the bars 2 and 3 to retain them in place.

preferably disposed adjacent the reflexed and offset ends 6 of the bars 2 and 3, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

or supporting elements 9 are The end pieces or brackets 5 are adapted to accommodate an ordinary shade roller of various lengths, and to this end, the end pieces-5 are provided adjacent their rear or butt ends, with apertures 12 and 13, respectively, one of which is circular, and the other of which is elongated, so that they may accommodate the terminals of the shade roller, it being evident that when the extensible member 1 pieces 5, and then by contracting the member 1, the terminals of the shade roller ma be engaged into the apertures 12 and 13 to properly support the shade.

The end pieces 5 are provided at their is extended, the shade roller. may bereadily applied between the end forward or free ends with upturned ears 14 which are provided with central apertures or openings 15, and between the earsli and apertures 12 and 13, the end pieces 5 are provided with circular openings or seats 16 having upwardly-projecting or inclined slots 17 leading therefrom to the upper edges of the end pieces. The slots 17 are slightly narrower than the diameter of the openings or seats 16, for the retention of the tubular curtain pole18 within the openings or seats 16, as will hereinafter appear. The openings or apertures 15 of the ears 14: are adapted to receive a tubular drapery pole 19, and socketed ornamental heads 20 are adapted to be slipped over the protruding ends of the curtain and drapery poles 18 and 19.

In order to retain the pole 18 properly within the seats or openings 16, the pole 18 is preferably provided adjacent its ends, with outstruck opposed stops or lugs 21 having slots 22 therebetween, The stops or lugs 21 are adapted to engage the opposite sides or faces of the end pieces 5, to prevent the longitudinal shifting of the curtain pole 18, and the slots 22 enable the curtain pole 18 to be readily slid through the slots 17 into and out of the openings or seats 16, when the curtain pole 18 is rotated to the proper position, as will be apparent. The lugs or stops 21 at the opposite ends of the curtain pole 18, are preferably reversed, or project in opposite directions, as seen in Fig. 1, in order that one pair of lugs 21 will always engage or straddle the edge of one opening or seat 16, to prevent the longitudinal movement of the curtain pole 18.

In order to prevent the longitudinal movement of the drapery pole 19, the same is preferably provided at-one end with a pair of opposed outstruck steps or lugs 23, which are arranged to be snapped through one or the other of the apertures 15., when the drapery pole '19 is inserted longitudinally through the ears 1a, and in order that the stops 23 may engage the opposite sides of one of the end pieces 5, as seen in Fig. 1, to hold the pole 19 against accidental longitudinal shifting. It is to be noted that each pair of stops have outstanding shoulders facing each other and inclined faces extending from the surface of the pole toward each other to the shoulders, whereby the shoulders are engageable with of one of the brackets to hold the pole 1 against longitudinal movement, and whereby the said inclined .faces enable the stops Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the opposite sides r to snap through ets. From theforegoing, taken in connecw tion with the drawing, it is apparent that the present fixture may be employed for sun ortifi 1n s aced relation a window shade, curtain and drapery, and that the present device may be adjusted to accommodate various widths of windows, various lengths of shade rollers and curtain and drapery poles. The construction-0f the the openings of the ,brack' as well as present device is suchthat it is simple and,

light, and is adapted to take up the strains to which it is subjected, in an efficient manner. It is also manifest that the shade roller may be readily appliedto and removed from the fixture, poles may from the other.

be readily adjustedand removed fixture independently of 1 each The several partsmaybe constructed {111 various sizes and materials, and other altera-, tions may be made within the scope of the appended claim, without departing thespirit of the invention.

and that the curtain and drapery from 1 Having thus described our invention, I

what is claimed as new is In a device of the character described, .a pair of brackets having apertures, and tubular pole fittingin the said apertures and havinga pair standing shoulders facing each other and in: clined faces extending from the surface of the pole toward eachother to the shoulders, the shoulders being engageable with theopposite sides of one of the said brackets to hold the pole against longitudinal movement, and the said inclined facesrenabling the stops to snap through the apertures of the brackets.

In testimony tures in the presence of two witnesses.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

of outstruck stops having cuts that we claim theforegoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signa- 

